| Alice in Wonderland
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| The Secret Garden
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| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classic Retelling)
| MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual - he is a combina tion of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of archi tecture.
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| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Nextext Classic Retelling
| Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won't rest until he has Huck's money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death and sets out in search of adventure and freedom. Teaming up with Jim, an escaped slave with a price on his head, the two fugitives go on the run, travelling down the wide Mississippi River. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim, or turn his friend over to a terrible fate?
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| Heart of Darkness (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
| Now in its second edition, this popular case-study of Conrad's classic short novel reprints an authoritative text together with five essays (four of which are newly-commissioned or revised) written from a range of contemporary critical perspectives.
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| Northanger Abbey (Student's novels)
| Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775. She was an English novelist who wrote numerous works of romantic fiction. Ms. Austen has millions of adoring fans all around the world and she is one of the most beloved writers in all of English literature.Many people may be surprised to learn that Jane Austen only published six novels. However, these works have become the foundation for the true romantic novel ever since they found their way to the world early in the 19th century.An early version ...More
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| Oscar Wilde: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (Cambridge Literature)
| `The truth is rarely pure, and never simple.' `. . .in married life three is company and two is none.' Is this play a `unique work of art' as Oscar Wilde believed? Or, as a first-night reviewer claimed in 1895, it `represents nothing, means nothing, is nothing'? This is for you to decide. . . Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poet...More
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| Dramascripts - The Island of Dr Moreau (Dramascripts Classic Texts)
| This title consists of 16 reading parts.
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| A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe (Puffin Books)
| Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
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| The Diary of a Young Girl: Play (Student Drama)
| Anne Frank kept a diary from 12 June 1942 to 1 August 1944. Initially, she wrote it strictly for herself, but one day in 1944, Gerrit Bolkestein, a member of the Dutch government in exile, announced in a radio broadcast from London that after the war he hoped to collect eyewitness accounts of the suffering of the Dutch people under the German occupation, which could be made available to the public. As an example, he specifically mentioned letters and diaries. Anne Frank decided that when the war...More
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| The Emerald City of Oz (Puffin Books)
| An excerpt: The Nome King could think of nothing to say next, so he puffed away at his pipe and paced up and down the room. Finally, he remembered how angry he was, and cried out: "What do you mean, Kaliko, by being so contented when your monarch is unhappy?" "What makes you unhappy?" asked the Steward. "I've lost my Magic Belt. A little girl named Dorothy, who was here with Ozma of Oz, stole my Belt and carried it away with her," said the King, grinding his teeth with rage. "She captured it...More
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| The Lorax
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| The Giving Tree
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| Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Dr.Seuss Classic Collection)
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| Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Puffin Books)
| In this adventure, Dorothy gets caught in a California earthquake with her cousin Zeb, and they have many adventures underground with none other than the Wizard of Oz! But can they find their way back to the surface world?
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| THE CAT IN THE HAT
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| THE WINTER'S TALE - BAMBILL - APRIL 1994
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| Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained (BBC Radio Collection)
| A Radio 4 performance of Milton's epic poem telling the story of the fall of man, plotted by Satan and his devils, and also its sequel, "Paradise Regained". The cast includes Dennis Quilley as Milton and Ian McDiarmid as Satan.
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| Ozma of Oz (Puffin Books)
| Dorothy is blown overboard from her uncle's ship and lands in the realm of Ev, where, with her old friends, she meets Hungry Tiger, Tik-Tok the mechanical man, Billina the talking chicken and Princess Langwidere who has thirty heads. Join Dorothy and her friends as they try to free the Queen of Ev from the cruel Nome King's enchantment.
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| Green Eggs and Ham (Beginner Books)
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